We noticed that you're using an unsupported browser. The TripAdvisor website may not display properly.We support the following browsers:Windows: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome. Mac: Safari.

We are trying to rent a car from BC to drive to Oregon, then Calgary and back to BC.

Our problem is that there are all kinds of extra costs due to our cross border driving to Oregon because it is not an adjacent state to British columbia.

I have never heard this in my life and have travelled the world. There want to give us limited mileage if we go to Oregon, apparently transponders know where you go....or add and extra fee per day, and some of the prices are exorbitant. We are in our 60 and cannot believe that you can't drive to Oregon from BC with a rental car without these fees. Does anyone know why. We have called Thrifty, Dollar and they all see to be in LALA land and they don't even know their nose from their feet. Does anyone know of a company with reasonable rate that does not do this. Alamo is double the cost of other companies and so is Avis without the rules. I you now anything about that, please let let me know

It is not uncommon for car rental companies to drop the unlimited km from the agreement and switch to per mile charges when leaving the province. If they're all doing it, then it's industry wide. You might find out the reason for the non-adjacent state question on the Road Trip forum, as Dave has mentioned.

Posting your question on 3 forums seems a bit overkill. The same group of people hang out here. Sam would very likely have responded here anyway. He probably just saw your BC forum question first.

If you find that the rule is the rule, you could take Amtrak Cascades down to Seattle and rent an American car from there for that leg of your travels. It's a nice journey, 4 hours, scenic and easy across the border, a car doesn't always get that easy across the border opportunity.

You might also seek out RescueTeam who is on many forums. Send a PM if necessary as he seems to know quite a bit about cross border car rentals. If he doesn't see this question, which is very likely he will, find the "send message" button down the left side of this page, and send him a PM with your question.

No problem. I am just frustrated as we opted to go to Europe this year to go back to BC and visit Oregon and now the car rental is going to be triple the cost only because we are going to Oregon. Thank you for your reply

Last time we rented out of YVR (FEB), we specifically asked about driving into the US and any fees. We were told that there were no fees and we were free to drive across the border--no notation on the contract, daily fees or other such stuff as other companies were imposing. And no limit as to only WA state.

The rates have been decent out of YVR, cheap even at certain times. The Aeroplan codes have been giving good discounts (and bonus miles) as well. Or try Costco.ca Avis codes if you are member.